Another title on my list to go back to, SoltyRei was another anime that became an instant favorite. I caught it through Funimation, and loved it from start to finish. It was endearing, but had its dose of action in it as well.
SoltyRei revolves around Roy Revant, a bounty hunter in a city where thousands of humans died simultaneously in a tragic event known as the Blast Fall. Those injured have their lost or broken body parts engineered with prosthetic technology, and the term Resembles are introduced. Even with that, technology can't bring back one thing: a person's life, which can ruin the joy of others. Roy is such an individual, as he lost someone dear to him prior to the anime's pilot episode. Just when he tries to seek a miracle to escape his pain... she appears. A Resemble unlike any other, Solty appears and, after much struggle, moves in with Roy as his "daughter" while they seek out his REAL daughter, believed to have survived the tragedy.
While it is a mecha anime, it is also touching. Gonzo and AIC were the studios behind this 24 episode series, attached with a special episode.In the US, it saw licensing under Funimation, who also broadcasted it on their cable channel. Another channel it was shown on was Animax, which became accessible pretty recently. This is one of the few anime, next to Ai Yori Aoshi, that actually made me cry a little. It has action, it's a police fiction and a science fiction aside from the aforementioned mecha genre. Christopher Sabat plays the voice of Roy, the protagonist of the series, while Solty is voiced by Cassie Savage (who also does voices like Sgt. Frog's Angol Mois, Durarara!!'s Mika Harima, and Ikki Tousen's Hakufu Sonsaku.)
SoltyRei is a series that has me for keeps, and gets an 9 of 10. Surprising that a mecha can also be a bit of a tear jerker to me, but I guess this is why SoltyRei is one of my favorites.
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